Review Detail

Solid tagging solution with basic taxonomy

KWizCom’s product was clearly built first and foremost for tagging, with taxonomy management thrown in as an extra bonus. As a result, implementers will likely get more features than they’d expect from a standard tagging solution – such as the ability to select tags from a list. At the same time, those interested in taxonomy management may be disappointed in limitations of the product, such as the inability to rename tags centrally, create tag synonyms or (easily) import tags from a standardized source via XML. Nonetheless, the product offers a number of innovative features that more full-featured taxonomy management applications don’t incorporate – such as the ability for tags to have multiple parents as well as support for multiple taxonomy definitions on a single site, including per list definitions.

- Tag library displayed as a flat list, unable to sort by path or parent.
- No ability to import lists from a hierarchical source (e.g., XML).
- No ability to auto-select parent tags in hierarchy.
- Users cannot modify tag details pages via GUI.
- When clicking on a tag with only one item, user is forwarded to that item. This is an inconsistent user experience and prevents subscribing to that tag.
- SharePoint's "quick filter" (in column header) does not allow filtering by individual tags.
- No checking for duplicate tags; allows a content item to be tagged with the same tag multiple times.
- No sorting of tags; tags always display in order entered by users.
- No built-in customization of tag display; tags always display as semi-colon delimited list (with no spaces).
- SharePoint filters are unable to distinguish between partial word matches and full words.
- Web part tag menu skins cannot be customized by developers to match site.
- Does not expose tag counts in Web Parts except as implied via tag cloud.
- Does not track the difference between user contributed tags vs. administrator added or confirmed tags.
- While there is a centralized tag list, tags are not linked to content. Therefore, if a tag is renamed, content is not updated.